16,250 CHF
ROLEX REF 18038 DAY DATE DIAMONDS AND SAPPHIRE YELLOW GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual "Day-Date" Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified", case No. 5972218, Ref. 18038. Made circa 1979. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day and date and an 18K yellow gold President bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, fluted bezel, screwed down case back and crown, sapphire crystal with Cyclops lens. Champagne with applied diamonds indexes and baton sapphires, outer minutes/seconds divisions , apertures for the day of the week and date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 3055, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Approx. overall length 185 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2014-05-11
